97 years since the fall of Imperial Russia
20th March 2014
<![CDATA[
For 634 years, some form of monarchy had been in operation in Russia, first as the Principality of Moscow, then as the Tsardom of Russia, and more recently, the Russian Empire with some of the most high profile monarchs to ever reign in Europe from Ivan the Terrible to Catherine the Great.
Nicholas II was the last Tsar of Russia, as a successful revolution forced him to abdicate.